Dyslexia Reader Chrome

Change webpage styling for better readability
What is Dyslexia Reader Chrome?
'Dyslexia Reader Chrome' is a Google Chrome extension that modifies webpages' text attributes such as font, size, character spacing, and color for enhanced readability. Particularly designed to aid individuals with dyslexia, it can be customized and enabled/disabled as per user's convenience. The extension also features a new settings page, user-defined values, and forced injection for better performance, making reading an easier and enjoyable experience.

Extension stats

Users: N/A
Rating: 3.93 (14)
Version: 4.0.0 (Last updated: 2015-11-03)
Creation date: 2015-11-02
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • storage
  • <all_urls>
Size: 106.50K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Dyslexia Reader Chrome is a Google Chrome extension that makes text easier to read.

It changes text attributes such as font, font size, character spacing, column with, background color, text color, line spacing to values that have been shown to be easier to read by people with dyslexia, but these values can be changed.

There are options to enable/disable the extension both by domain and globally

Source code: https://github.com/CyrusRoshan/DyslexiaReaderChrome

Dyslexia Reader Chrome is licensed under the MIT license.

===What's new in version 4.0.0?=== ---New settings page ---More settings ---Sites can now be enabled when extension is disabled

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User reviews

I have Dyslexia and ADHD. I wanted something that could change the font family, size and colour from that awful grey that so many sites are using, to black. The most important thing of all for me, however, was to be able to easily change the spacing between lines. This extension does all of that. I did observe one or two problems with some websites, i'e Twitter and Facebook, where I wasn't able to see pictures, but that could have been a conflict with other extensions that I am using. In any case, it is easy to turn it off when necessary. The best thing about it is it's simplicity. I didn't get bogged down by lots of settings, it's really straightforward I am very happy with it so far.
by Mo McRae, 2024-06-15

It's simple and works really well. I'm "VERY" dyslexic and when I use Dyslexia Reader chrome with the Dark Mode Web extension I can read with much less effort and comfortably for long periods. Which is liberating as I can immerse my self in deep learning instead of bouncing around the first paragraphs of tutorials in an endless search for someone who just cuts straight to the chase.
by Chris Perkins, 2024-01-04

This is really helpful for websites. :) We ran it on slack and it changes the fonts fine. Did have to turn off the background and foreground colour changers, as they caused screen to blink a lot and patches to go completely dark. Recommended to configure with a font that you like (which is a super personal choice). <3
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Dyslexia Reader Chrome requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Dyslexia Reader Chrome is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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